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adjective

Sheepish adj.

Of or pertaining to sheep. (Obs.)

Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. "Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature."

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Etymology of 'Sheepish'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sheepish" Quotes from Famous Books

... made a smite; you a'n't such a bad-looking fellow, when you're dressed as you are now—you a'n't indeed, Titty!" Mr. Titmouse was quite flustered with the mere supposition, and also looked as sheepish as his features ...

— Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. • Samuel Warren

... to polite letters. There the talk was about poetical justice and the unities of place and time. Under no roof was a greater variety of figures to be seen. There were earls in stars and garters, clergymen in cassocks and bands, pert Templars, sheepish lads from universities, translators and index makers in ragged coats of frieze. The great press was to get near the chair where John Dryden sate. In winter that chair was always in the warmest nook by the fire; in summer it stood ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... inside the room and the light was switched on. One look at the four girls, armed to the teeth, and Nyoda doubled up on the stairs and laughed until she cried, while the Winnebagos looked sheepish and laid their ...

— The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit - Or, Over the Top with the Winnebagos • Hildegard G. Frey

... before that hour, Mr. Gresley and his party entered the Parish Room. It was crammed. The back benches were filled with a large contingent of young men, whose half-sheepish, half-sullen expression showed that their presence was due to pressure. Why the parishioners had come in such numbers it would be hard to say. Perhaps even a temperance meeting was a change in the dreary monotony of rural life at Warpington. ...

— Red Pottage • Mary Cholmondeley

... look sheepish," Wallie replied, smiling, "it may be due to the nature of my new occupation. You see," in reply to their looks of inquiry, "Canby bought me out, to get rid of me, and for a far more munificent sum than I ever expected. I re-invested, and ...

— The Dude Wrangler • Caroline Lockhart

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